Frank Hovington

Franklin "Frank" Hovington ( born January 9, 1919 in Reading, Pennsylvania, † June 21, 1982 in Felton, Delaware ) was an American blues singer, guitarist, banjo and ukulele player.

Hovington began as a child with the ukulele and banjo playing. Later he teamed up with William Walker, with whom he aufspielte in the late 1930s and in the 1940s to house parties and dances in Frederica, Delaware. In the late 1940s he moved to Washington, DC, where he accompanied gospel groups such as Stewart Dixon's Golden Stars and Ernest Ewin 's Jubilee Four. He also worked with Billy Stewart's band. 1967 moved Hovington Felton, Delaware, and was there in 1975 by Bruce Bastin of Flyright Records (along with Dick Spottswood ) tracked, who was of his guitar playing and singing so enthusiastic that he immediately made ​​recordings for his label.

His LP from 1975 was a masterpiece that not only convinced in his lifetime, many critics of his ability, but was also released years later on the Rounder label as LP and Flyright in 2000 in an expanded CD version again, and to today - nearly 25 years after his death - still is available.

In addition to his album for Flyright two songs of the resulting recordings have been 1977/78 released on two records samplers of the Library of Congress, who in 1980 Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner for Lippmann & Rau series "Living Country Blues " more footage of him made, published no less than four albums of this series and 1999 were partially re-released on CD.

On a fishing trip in 1952 John Fahey has accidentally hit Frank Hovington whose fingerstyle guitar playing impressed him so that he himself bought shortly afterwards a (cheap Sears Roebuck & ) guitar and then who had taught to play the guitar.

• Blues musicians
• American musician
• Born in 1919
• Died in 1982
• Man